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"LYRA" is a vocal ensemble from St Petersburg. All singers are professional musicians, singing in different churches of St Petersburg. Some of them also sing in the opera. Through their performances, they would like to introduce the enormous musical heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the traditions of Russian folk music, to those who are interested in Russia, it's history and culture.

ANDREI SYSOEV – TENOR AND LEADER

Born in St Petersburg. Graduated from the St. Petersburg conservatory. Won International competition of Sacred Music in Roma, Italy in 1995 as the conductor of a chamber choir "SingerBridge". Works as a choir master in St. Peter’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Act as an active composer too.

ALEKSEI GOLOVIZNIN – BASSOBorn in the Karelian ASSR Byelomorsk. Graduated from the State Conservatory in Saint-Petersburg. Actively touring musician. Well-known in St Petersburg as a jazz-singer.

ZLATA GOGOL – MEZZOBorn in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the City Academy of Culture. Actively touring musician. Well-known in St Petersburg as a Baroque solo-singer.

MARINA BUSSE – SOPRANOBorn in Great Novgorod. Studied in State Conservatory of St. Petersburg as a solo singer. Actively touring musician. Well-known in St Petersburg as a singer and a vocal trainer.

Music

Our program usually consists of two parts: 1st. part - sacred music of Russian Orthodox Church. It contains pieces of both our famous composers like Bortnianski, Tchaikovski, Tchesnokov, Rachmaninov, Gretchaninov and not very well-known out of Russia, but great masters of choir music. And then we continue with some of Russian and word vocal solo classic pieces.

In the second part of the concert we sing Russian folk songs in all their variety: comic, lyric, dancing, love songs.